BEAST! (2022-23), performance with Makeda Monnet and Victor da Silva, 30-40 min, Centre Pompidou, Festival Move, Edinburg Art Festival, Tinguely Museum, Shedhalle, HKW.  Photo : Innes Reid
 
This performance explores bestiality as a philosophical and political concept by drawing on the stigma that historically frames queers and PoC as monstrous. Through readings of my recent romantic/radical poems accompanied by the lyrical vocals of Makeda Monet and the electronic music of Victor da Silva. BEAST! explores utopian queer passions, rituals for lost ones, dark corners to protect oneself in, and erotic dreams.


Credits : Performance and text: Tarek Lakhrissi. Original music: Victor da Silva. Voice: Makeda Monnet. Costumes: Inner Light. Advisors: Capucine Porphire, Mawena Yehouessi, Léuli Eshrāghi. Executive Producer: Sarina Basta (BHI). Production Assistant: Violette Morisseau. Production: Tinguely Museum (Basel), MOVE Festival – Centre Pompidou (Paris), HKW – Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Shedhalle (Zurich), Bureau des Heures Invisibles (Aubervilliers). With the generous support of La Maison Populaire (Montreuil) and Fondation Lafayette Anticipations (Paris).